Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. (File Photo: IANS) New Delhi, March 9 (IANS) A court here on Wednesday issued summons to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and others in a criminal defamation case filed by…
New Delhi, March 9 (IANS) India’s maiden global investors conclave for the shipping sector, the Maritime India Summit, to be opened by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Mumbai next month, has lined up business agreements…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi (Photo: IANS/PIB) New Delhi, March 9 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday urged the opposition in the Rajya Sabha to support bills already passed by the Lok Sabha, saying the…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi (Photo: IANS) New Delhi, March 9 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday invoked Congress stalwart Indira Gandhi’s name yet again and made a veiled attack on the Congress for “trying…
New Delhi, March 9 (IANS) At least one labourer was killed and four others were seriously injured when they were buried under the loose soil at a construction site near the AIIMS here on Wednesday,…
Mumbai, March 9 (IANS) A benchmark index of Indian equities markets, the 30-scrip Sensitive Index (Sensex), on Wednesday, provisionally closed the day’s trading higher by 134.73 points or 0.55 percent. The wider 50-scrip Nifty of…
Mirpur: Fans during the fourth match of AsiaCup 2016 between India vs Pakistan at Shere Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur of Bangladesh on Feb 27, 2016. (Photo: Surjeet Yadav/IANS) Kolkata, March 9 (IANS) With Pakistan…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (File Photo: IANS) New Delhi, March 9 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday strongly defended his government’s ambitious promise to double farmers’ income in five years, that was doubted by…
By Rupesh Dutta New Delhi, March 9 (IANS) Does the tax raised by finance minister have a direct impact on the livelihood of people, especially farmers? In the case of tobacco cultivators, it is very…
Srinagar, March 9 (IANS) Security forces had a brief gunfight with separatist guerrillas in Jammu and Kashmir’s Ganderbal district on Wednesday and seized an AK-47 rifle. “An AK-47 rifle was recovered by the security forces…
New Delhi, March 9 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said coordination between both houses of parliament was a must since many pending bills needed to be passed. “The nation is waiting for us…
Islamabad, March 9 (IANS) The Pakistan government on Wednesday decided not to play the World Twenty20 Super 10 Group Two match against India in Dharamsala. The decision was taken after a detailed meeting between Prime…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (File Photo: IANS/PIB) New Delhi, March 9 (IANS) Replying to opposition salvos on minimum educational qualification for contesting panchayat polls in Gujarat and Rajasthan, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday challenged…
New Delhi: External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj (Photo: IANS) New Delhi, March 9 (IANS) In a rare moment of bonhomie between the treasury and opposition benches in parliament, union External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on…
New Delhi, March 9 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Wednesday issued a notice to beleaguered liquor baron Vijay Mallya on a plea by a consortium of 17 banks led by the SBI seeking his personal…
New Delhi, March 9 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday equated the Congress party with “mrityu (death)” but hastened to add that like death is never subjected to criticism, the Congress party also goes…
New Delhi, March 9 (IANS) The opposition Congress and Janata Dal-United (JD-U) on Wednesday lashed out at the BJP governments in Haryana and at the Centre over violence in the state during the Jat agitation…
Mumbai, March 9 (IANS) A benchmark index of Indian equities markets, the 30-scrip Sensitive Index (Sensex), was trading 67.93 points, or 0.28 percent, lower during the afternoon session on Wednesday. The wider 50-scrip Nifty of…
New Delhi, March 9 (IANS) BJP president Amit Shah on Wednesday urged the party MPs to play a proactive role in informing people about the Union Budget 2016-17 presented by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on…
New Delhi, March 9 (IANS) Clamor grew louder on Wednesday against Sri Sri Ravi Shankar’s cultural mega-extravaganza on the ecologically sensitive Yamuna floodplains with the opposition questioning how the government deployed the Indian Army to…